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Inspection History Details

Case: T01VL02802

Parcel: 132190090


Addresses:

2101 E BENSON HY

Inspection Status: Approved

Inspection History: FOLLOW UP CODE VIOLATION

Date Description Inspector Results Comments
03/16/2009 FOLLOW UP CODE VIOLATION Approved
01/28/2002 FOLLOW UP CODE VIOLATION Correction Required OWNER CONTACT:
MR. RAHN CONTACTED MIKE RANKIN STATING HE WILL BE RETURNING INTO TOWN ON 01/29/02. HE WILL THEN PULL PERMITS AT DSD RE THE HOT WATER HEATERS. HE STATED UNIT-5 HAS BEEN VACATED, ALLOWING HIM TO DO GENERAL REPAIRS AND CORRECT THE HEATER ISSUE. HE WILL ATTEMPT TO GET A VARIANCE RE THE ISSUE OF HARD WIRE SMOKE DETECTORS. THE JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES WILL BE REMOVED BY MONDAY 02/04/02.
01/08/2002 FOLLOW UP CODE VIOLATION Correction Required THE ISSUE OF WOP RE THE CONVERSION OF CARPORTS INTO LIVABLE UNITS HAS BEEN FOUND IN COMPLIANCE. THE UNITS WERE CONVERTED USING FEDERAL FUNDS DISBURSED BY COMMUNITY SERVICES. PERMITS WERE FOUND ,BUT THE FINALS WERE NOT. A C-OF-O WAS FOUND, BUILDING PERMIT # 47676 INDICATING FINALS. RECORDS ARE NOT COMPLETE DUE TO COMPUTER CHANGE OVER AND TIME PASSAGE.
12/07/2001 FOLLOW UP CODE VIOLATION Correction Required FOLLOW UP INSPECTION:

NOTE: NUMBERS CORRESPOND TO NUMBERS ON N&O.

A). COMMON AREA: (1) OWNER HAS SECURED PERMIT #T01CM05877. (2) ELECTRICAL HAZARDS CORRECTED. (3) CIELING REPAIRED. (4) WILL DEFER TO SWM FOR COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION.

B). UNIT-1: (5) OWNER HAS CLOSED OFF EXPANDED LIVING AREA FROM UNIT. WAS PREVIOUS OFFICE WHICH THEN CONNECTED TO UNIT-1. (6) OWNER HAS NOT SECURED PERMITS & FEELS THAT NOT REQUIRED. HE ADMITTED HE REPLACED THEM AND ARE NOT ORIGINAL BUT HAD THEM STORED IN HIS WAREHOUSE FOR SOME TIME. (7) OWNER STILL WORKING ON HEAT. (8) OWNER HAS INSTALLED BATTERY OPERATED SMOKE DETECTORS BUT HARD WIRED TYPE REQUIRED DUE TO ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. (9) REPAIRED SHOWER AND BATHROOM. (10) GFCI REPAIRED. (11) THIS VIOLATION HAS BEEN ELIMINATED DUE TO THE SEALING OFF OF OLD OFFICE FROM UNIT-1. (12) LOCK AND HASP REMOVED FROM EXIT DOOR.

C). UNIT-3: (13) DSD STILL INVESTIGATING PERMIT ISSUE RE CONVERSION. (14) FAN IN BATHROOM REPAIRED. (15) HAS INSTALLED BATTERY OPERATED SMOKE DETECTORS BUT HARD WIRED TYPE REQUIRED. (16) TENANT & OWNER STATED THAT UNIT WAS SPRAYED AND NO INFESTATION EXITS. (17) KITCHEN AND BATHROOM PLUMBING REPAIRED. DOOR JAM REPAIRED.OUTLETS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN REPLACED. SHOWER STALL REPAIRED. (18) GFCI REPAIRED AND COVER PLATE FOR HOT WATER HEATER REPLACED. (19) SEALS RE WEATHER PROTECTION AT EXITS DOORS NOT ADDRESSED.

D). UNIT-5: (20) DSD STILL INVESTIGATING PERMIT ISSUE RE UNIT. (21) HOT WATER HEATER COVER PLATE REPLACED BUT WORK W/O PERMIT ISSUE NOT ADDRESSED. (22) BEDROOM BASEBOARD HEATER REMOVED BUT MUST PROVIDE HEAT. IF OWNER REPLACES BASEBOARD HEATER, A PERMIT WILL NOT BE REQUIRED IF SUPPLY CIRCUIT IS STILL IN PLACE. (23) GFCI AND RECEPTICLE CORRECTED. SHOWER STALL REPAIRED. (24) WINDOW REPAIRED. WEATHER SEAL ISSUE RE FRONT DOOR NOT RESOLVED. NOTE: ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS FOUND WHICH OWNER AGREED TO REPAIR. ELECTRICAL COVER PLATE FOR HOT WATER HEATER MISSING AND ILLEGAL RECEPTICLE FOUND IN BATHROOM LIGHT FIXTURE. OWNER TO ELIMINATE RECEPTICLE. AND LEAVE LIGHT.

E). UNIT-6: (25) DSD STILL INVESTIGATING PERMIT ISSUE. (26) HEAT HAS BEEN REPAIRED. (27) OWNER HAS REPLACED SMOKE DETECTORS BUT HARD WIRED TYPE REQUIRED. (28) ELECTRICAL WIRES HAVE BEEN PROTECTED. (29) TENANT AND OWNER STATED THAT UNIT HAS BEEN SPRAYED FOR INSECTS AND RODENTS. NOTE: NEW VIOLATIONS FOUND WHICH OWNER HAS AGREED TO REPAIR. FLOOR TILES IN BATHROOM IN NEED OF REPAIR DUE TO SANITATION ISSUE. WINDOW IN BEDROOM MUST BE REPAIRED AND WOODEN PANEL REMOVED. VIOLATION IS EMERGENCY ESCAPE ISSUE.

F). UNIT-7: (30) UNIT IS SECURE. (31) DSD IS STILL INVESTIGATING PERMIT ISSUE RE UNIT CONVERSION.

G). UNIT-8: (32) OWNER INSTALLED SMOKE DETECTORS BUT HARD WIRED TYPE REQUIRED. (33) TENANT AND OWNER HAVE RELAYED THAT UNIT HAS BEEN SPRAYED FOR INSECTS AND RODENTS. (34) BATHROOM HAS BEEN REPAIRED OTHER THAN THE SECUREMENT OF THE TOILET. (35) GFCI IN BATHROOM CORRECTED BUT GFCI IN KITCHEN NOT REPAIRED. (36) ROOF AND WINDOW LEAKS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO TENANT AND OWNER.

H). UNIT-9: (37) DSD STILL INVESTIGATING PERMIT ISSUE RE UNIT CONVERSION. (38) TENANT AND OWNER STATE THAT UNIT HAS BEEN SPRAYED FOR INSECTS AND RODENTS. (39) GFCI IN KITCHEN AND BATHROOM REPAIRED. (40) OWNER STATED THAT ROOF REPAIRED AND TENANT RELAYED THAT NO LEAKS WERE EVIDENT ON RECENT RAIN.

INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED BY RICK SALDATE, RICHARD VIDAL, GLENN DAURIA AND RICK MENDOZA.
11/15/2001 FOLLOW UP CODE VIOLATION Correction Required OWNER CONTACT:
MR RAHN MET AT DSD WITH RICK SALDATE AND RICHARD VIDAL TO REVIEW N & O AND HIS PLANS TO RESOLVE ISSUES. HE RELAYED THAT HE PLANS TO REMOVE THE WASHER & DRYER IN THE COMMON AREA INCLUDING THE ELECRICAL. UNIT 1(OLD OFFICE) WILL BE REMOVED. HE ALSO RELAYED THAT THE ENCLOSED CARPORTS WERE INSPECTED BY CCD INCLUDING THE FINANCING. HE RELYED THE PERSONS HE DELT WITH IN THE CITY AND THAT THIS WAS IN 1990-91. RICHARD IN PROCESS OF CONTACTING CCD TO CONFIRM AND TO GET ADDITIONAL DETAILS RE THE UNITS.
11/01/2001 FOLLOW UP CODE VIOLATION Correction Required NOTICE & ORDER

COMMON AREA:
1) UHC 301: THE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT HAVE BEEN MODIFIED IN ORDER TO ACCOMODATE THE WASHER & DRYER.

REMEDY: A LICENSED CONTRACTOR MUST MAKE APPROPRIATE CORRECTIONS UNDER PERMIT OR REMOVED.

2) UHC 1001.5: THE WASHER ELECTRICAL CORD HAS BEEN HARD WIRED INTO AN ELECTRICAL BOX.

REMEDY: CORRECTIONS MUST BE MADE BY LICENSED CONTRACTOR UNDER PERMIT OR REMOVED.

3) UHC 1001.3(6): THE CIELING OF THE WALKWAY IS DETERIORATED TO THE POINT OF FALLING OFF. THE DRYWALL APPEARS TO BE DISATTACHING IN A LARGE PIECE WHICH PLACE ANYONE WALKING UNDERNEATH IN POTENTIAL DANGER.

REMEDY: THE CIELING MUST BE REPAIRED.

UNIT 1:
1) UHC 301: THE UNIT HAS BEEN MODIFIED, COMBINING WHAT WAS POSSIBLY AN OLD OFFICE AND A UNIT.

REMEDY: PLANS AND PERMITS MUST BE SECURED TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

2) UHC 301: THE HOT WATER HEATER HAS BEEN REPLACED WITHOUT A PERMIT. CITY RECORDS SHOW NO PERMIT CORRELATING TO DATE TAG ON HEATER.

REMEDY: PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS MUST BE OBTAINED.

3) UHC 701.1: THE ELECTRIC BASEBOARD HEATERS ARE NOT OPERABLE. THE TENANT WAS OBSERVED WITH PLUG IN SPACE HEATERS.

REMEDY: PROPER HEATING MUST BE PROVIDED.

4) UHC 901: THE UNIT LACKS FUNCTIONING SMOKE DETERCTORS.

REMEDY: SMOKE DETECTORS MUST BE INSTALLED AS PER THE INTERNATIONL RESIDENTIAL CODE.

5) UHC 1001.2(1,13): THE BATHROOM IS LACKING PROPER MAINTENANCE AND IS IN A STATE OF GENERAL DILAPIDATION. THE SHOWER STALL WALLS HAVE DETERIORATED TO THE POINT OF ALLOWING HEAVY WATER PENETRATION THROUGH THE WALL AND INTO THE HALL WAY.

REMEDY: REPAIR MUST BE MADE.

6) UHC 1001.5: THE GFCI IN THE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM WERE FOUND NOT OPERATING WHEN TESTED.

REMEDY: PROPER GFCI PROTECTION MUST PROVIDED.
7) UHC 1001.8(2): THE UNIT LACKS PROPER WEATHER PROTECTION IN THAT WINDOWS WERE FOUND BROKEN, THE EXIT DOOR LACKS PROPER STRIPPING AND THRESHOLD.

REMEDY: REPAIRS MUST BE MADE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE WEATHER PROTECTION.

8) ADB 302(1): ONE OF THE EXIT DOORS WAS FOUND WITH A LOCK AND HASP, BLOCKING EXIT IN CASE OF FIRE OR PANIC.

REMEDY: THE LOCK AND HASP MUST BE REMOVED.


UNIT 2: THE CITY WAS UNABLE TO GAIN ENTRACE. A MINIMUM HOUSING INSPECTION WILL BE REQUIRED.

REMEDY: INSPECTION BY CITY OF TUCSON MUST BE CONDUCTED.

UNIT 3:
1) UHC 301: THE UNIT HAS BEEN MODIFIED AS EVIDENCE FROM CITY RECORDS AND PATTERNS ON THE FLOOR SLAB. THE UNIT APPEARS TO HAVE COMBINED A BREEZWAY AND UNIT. IN ADDITION NUMBEROUS WALLS AND REMODEL HAS OCCURED TO THE UNIT.

REMEDY: PLANS, PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED REGARDING THE UNIT.

2) UHC 701.4: THE FAN IN THE BATHROOM DOES NOT OPERATE.

REMEDY: THE FAN MUST BE REPAIRED.

3) UHC 901: THE SMOKE DETECTOR WAS FOUND NOT OPERATING.

REMEDY: PROPER SMOKE DETECTORS MUST BE INSTALLED AS PER THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE.

4) UHC 1001.2(12): THE TENTANT RELAYED THAT THE UNIT IS INFESTED WITH ROACHES AND MICE. THE ON SITE INSPECTOR DID OBSERVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF ROACHES.

REMEDY: THE INFESTATION MUST BE ERADICATED.

5) UHC 1001.2(13): THE UNIT SHOWS SIGNS OF GENERAL DILAPIDATION AND IMPROPER MAINTENANCE. THE FRONT DOOR JAM IS IN NEED OF REPAIR, ELECTRICAL OUTLETS WERE FOUND WORN, THE PLUMBING IN THE KITCHEN AND THE BATHROOM ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE SHOWER STALL WALLS WERE FOUND HEAVILY DETERIORATED.

REMEDY: REPAIRS TO THE LISTED VIOLATIONS MUST BE CONDUCTED.

6) UHC 1001.5: THE ELECTRICAL HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION IN THAT RECEPTICLES WERE FOUND WORN OUT AND NOT PROPERLY ATTACHED IN THE BEDROOMS. THE GFCI IN THE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM WERE FOUND NOT FUNCTIONING WHEN TESTED. ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE FOUND UNPROTECTED FOR THE WATER HEATER DUE TO A MISSING ELEMENT COVER.

REMEDY: THE ELECTRICAL VIOLATIONS MUST BE CORRECTED WITH ALL GFCI CIRCUITS OPERABLE.

7) UHC 1001.8(2): THE UNIT LACKS PROPER WEATHER PROTECTION IN THAT THE FRONT DOOR DOES NOT SEAL PROPERLY.

REMEDY: THE UNIT MUST BE PROVIDED WITH PROPER WEATHER PROTECTION.

UNIT 5:
1) UHC 301: CITY RECORDS SHOW THAT THE UNIT WAS PREVIOUSLY A CARPORT. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN FOUND REGARDING THE CONVERSION INTO A LIVING UNIT.

REMEDY: PLANS, PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS MUST BE SECURED.

2) UHC 301: THE HOT WATER HEATER APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INSTALLED WITHOUT PERMITS. A REVIEW OF CITY RECORDS DO NOT SHOW ANY PERMITS.

3) UHC 701.1: THE ELECTRIC BASEBOARD HEATERS DO NOT OPERATE WHEN ATTEMPTS WERE MADE BY THE INSPECTOR.

4) UHC 1001.5: THE ELECTRICAL HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION IN THAT A RECEPTICLE IN THE BEDROOM WAS FOUND IN A HAZARDOUS CONDITION. DUE TO THE HEAVY DETERIORATION IN THE SHOWER STALL, THE RECEPTICLE IN THE ADJOINING BEDROOM IS EXPOSED TO WATER WHILE THE SHOWER IS IN USE.THE GFCI IN THE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM WERE NOT FUNTIONING WHEN TESTED.

5) UHC 1001.8(2,4): THE UNIT LACKS WEATHER PROTECTION IN THAT A WINDOW WAS FOUND BROKEN, THE EXIT DOOR DID NOT SEAL PROPERLY AND THE ROOF SHOWED EVIDENCE (TENANT CORROBORATED) OF LEAKAGE.

UNIT 7:
1) ADB 302(18): THE UNIT WAS FOUND VACANT AND OPEN TO UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY.

UNIT 8:
1) UHC 901: THE SMOKE DETECTOR WAS FOUND INOPERABLE.

2) UHC 1001.2(12): THE TENANT RELAYED THAT THEY HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF ROACHES AND MICE. THE ONSITE INSPECTOR DID OBSERVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF ROACHES.

3) UHC 1001.2(13): THE UNIT SHOWED EVIDENCE OF GENERAL DILAPIDATION AND IMPROPER MAINTENANCE. THE BATHROOM CONTAINED DETERIORATED CIELINGS, WALLS, FLOORING AND THE SHOWER STALL. THE TOILET WAS FOUND UNSECURED TO THE FLOOR.

4) UHC 1001.5: THE UNIT CONTAINED ELECTRICAL WHICH WAS NOT MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE GFCI IN THE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM WAS FOUND NOT FUNCTIONING WHEN TESTED.

5) UHC 1001.8:THE UNIT LACKED PROPER WEATHER PROTECTION IN THAT THE BEDROOM WINDOW LEAKED ACCORDING TO THE TENANT WHICH DID SHOW STAINAGE. THE ROOF SHOWED EVIDENCE OF LEAKAGE IN THE BATHROOM.

UNIT 9:
1) UHC 301: CITY RECORDS SHOW THIS UNIT AS A PREVIOUS CARPORT. THE UNIT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BUILT WITHOUT PERMITS.

2) UHC 1001.2(12): THE TENANT RELAYED THAT THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH INFESTATION OF MICE. ALTHOUGH THE INSPECTOR DID NOT OBSERVE MICE, OTHER TENANTS HAVE RELAYED THIS SAME INFORMATION.

3) UHC 1001.5: THE UNIT CONTAINS ELECTRICAL WHICH HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION IN THAT THE GFCI IN THE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY WHEN TESTED.

4) UHC 1001.8(4): THE UNIT LACKS PROPER WEATHER PROTECTION IN THAT THE TENANT STATES THAT THE CIELING LEAKS HEAVILY ON THE WEST WALL AND IN THE KITCHEN. AT TIMES THE LIGHT FIXTURES IN THE KITCHEN FILL WITH WATER.
10/18/2001 FOLLOW UP CODE VIOLATION Correction Required 2ND DAY OF INITIAL INSPECTION:
INSPECTED UNITS 3,6,8,9.

UNIT 3: UNIT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MODIFIED, POSSIBLY COMBINING SOME OF UNIT 2 OR WAS A BREEZWAY WHICH WAS ENCLOSED AND COMBINED. UNIT HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THAT INTERIOR WALLS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND/OR ADDED. FRONT DOOR HAS CRACKED JAM AND MISSING STRIKER PLATE. DOES NOT SEAL PROPERLY. ELECTRICAL IS DETERIORATED IN THAT GFCI IN BATHROOM AND KITCHEN NOT OPERATING. THE BEDROOM HAS AN OUTLET WHICH IS WORN AND OTHERS WHICH ARE COMMING OUT OF THE WALL. THE HOT WATER HEATER HAS A MISSING ELEMENT COVER EXPOSING THE WIRES TO THE TENANTS. THE TENANT RELAYS THAT HE HAS TO RE-SET THE WATER HEATER DUE TO IT GOING OUT. THE PLUMBING IS SHOWING DETERIORATION IN THAT THE KITCHEN SINK LEAKS, THE FAUCET IS LOOSE AND THE BATHROOM TOILET DOES NOT FLUSH PROPERLY. THE WALLS ARE DETERIORATED IN THE SHOWER STALL & THE BATHROOM WALLS. THE FAN IN THE BATHROOM DOES NOT OPERATE. THE SMOKE DETECTOR IS NOT OPERABLE. THE TENANTS RELAY THAT THE UNIT CONTAINS MICE & ROACHES. THE INSPECTOR ON SITE DID OBSERVE ROACHES. THE STOVE TOP ELEMENTS DO NOT OPERATE AT ALL.

UNIT 6: TENANT HAS RENTED FOR 7-MONTHS. UNIT HAS BEEN REMODELED. HEATERS IN BEDROOM AND BATHROOM DO NOT OPERATE. FRONT DOOR FRAME IS CRACKED AND DOES NOT SEAL PROPERLY. HOT WATER IS MISSING ELEMENT COVER EXPOSING ELECTRICAL. SMOKE DETECTORS DO NOT OPERATE. TENANT STATES THAT UNIT IS INFESTED WITH ROACHES AND WERE EVIDENCED WHILE ON SITE BY INSPECTOR.

UNIT 8: TENANT HAS RENTED FOR 3-YRS. GFCI IN KITCHEN AND BATHROOM DOES NOT WORK. BATHROOM IS HEAVILY DETERIORATED EVIDENCED BY CIELING, SHOWER STALL, FLOOR AND TOILET WHICH IS NOT ANCHORED. BEDROOM WINDOW LEAKS. SMOKE DETECTORS NOT FUNCTIONING. EVIDENCE OF ROACHES. BEDROOM DOOR MISSING DUE TO DOOR JAM IN BAD CONDITION.

UNIT 9: TENANT HAS RENTED SINCE JUNE. TENANT STATES THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH MICE INFESTATION. TENANT STATED THAT ROOF LEAKS TO POINT OF FILLING LIGHT FIXTURES. GFCI IN KITHCEN AND BATHROOM DOES NOT WORK. CIELING S IN BOTH BEDROOMS LEAK ACCORDING TO TENANT. THE WALL THAT IT RUNS DOWN IS THE COMMON WALL ON WEST SIDE OF UNIT. THIS MAY BE WHERE UNIT ATTACHES TO UNIT NEXT DOOR. THIS UNIT IS AN ENCLOSED CARPORT WHICH WAS BUILT W/O PERMITS.